Measuring finger joint cartilage by ultrasound as a promising alternative to conventional radiograph imaging

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 435-441

  Möller, Burkhard ^a   Bonel, Harald ^a   Rotzetter, Marianne ^a   Villiger, Peter M ^a   Ziswiler, Hans Rudolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CARTILAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINGER JOINT; HUMAN; JOINT CAVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PROXIMAL INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; RELIABILITY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; ULTRASOUND; VALIDITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FINGER JOINT; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65249104529     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.24424     Document Type: Article

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